明朝时期的琉球、鸡笼——台湾

Liuqiu, Jilong and Taiwan in the Ming Dynasty

明朝时期史籍对台湾的记载有不同的称谓 ,“琉球”指的是今台中以南地区 ;“鸡笼”指的是今台北之基隆市 ;台湾的称谓则出自闽音“台员” ,指的是今台北。这一时期 ,台湾与明中央王朝有着亲密的“封贡”关系。有明一代 ,台湾的历史是一部日本“倭寇”及荷兰、西班牙殖民主义者入侵和大陆与台湾人民反抗侵略的历史。至清顺治十八年 (16 6 1年 )郑成功收复台湾建立政权 ,此后台湾得到更进一步的开发和发展。

Taiwan has different names of the historical documents of the Ming Dynasty. 'Liuqiu' refers to the area south of today's Taizhong. 'Jilong' refers to today's Jilong City. Taiwan, pronounced 'taiyuan' in Fujian dialect, refers to today's Taibei. Since the Ming Dynasty, the history of Taiwan has been a history of the invasion of the Japanese pirates and the Dutch and Spanish colonizers, and also a history in which people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait fought the invaders. From 1661 when Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, Taiwan had experienced further development.